Archaeologists have found people travelled from Scotland, Wales and North England to take part in feasts at Stonehenge.
The Neolithic henge complexes in southern Britain were the focal point for gatherings in the third millennium BC.
Researchers used isotope analysis, identifying chemical signals from the food and water the animals consumed, to determine the geographical areas where the pigs were raised. Dr Madgwick added:"Arguably the most startling finding is the efforts that participants invested in contributing pigs that they themselves had raised."Pigs are not nearly as well-suited to movement over distance as cattle, and transporting them, either slaughtered or on the hoof, over hundreds or even tens of kilometres, would have required a monumental effort.
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